Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-04
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"THE BROOK at the Opera House thi
evening.
RAGGED JACK" at the Grand Operi
House this evening.
THE Glass City Boat Club ball will no,
take place until the 2lst.
"SAIsBURY's TRoUBADORs" at tn,
Opera House this evening.
THERE were three cases before His
Honor yesterday morning.
A MAsoUE ball was given by the coloIed
people at Market Hall last night.
MARYB CRACRAFT was yesterday ap.
pointed administrator of the estate of E.
G. Cracraft, deceased. Bond, 81, 500; G.
l.. Cranmer security.
The local inspectors yesterday refused q
certificate of inspection to the Jessie B.,
the Benson's ferry boat, on account Of her
not being seawOrthy.
JOHN WISE, a well known butcher Of
Triadelphia, fell into a natural gas pipe
trench, Saturday night, breaking a rib an'
otherwise injuring himself.
THE ice broke loose a barge loaded WITH
brick from the upper end of the wFri
yesterday. Itlanded again, however, lear
the mouth of the creek,
THE funeral of Beverly NJ. Eoff wiptake
place from the residence of his brothpr, A.
Q. Eoff, this afternoon at 2 O'Clock, instead
of 1920 this morning as announced in yes
terday's issue.
CAPT. B. b. DOvENER has secured the
residence of Mrs. Reed, on Chapline street,
opposite the Episcopal Church, for use as
a law Office. He will have very fine quar-
tiers.
Mr.. r. N. GILLELAND, the clever pro-
proprietor of the glue works, on the South
Side, was on SATURDAY the ~-oa:r;Ant of q
handsome Office chair, the gift of his en-
ployes.
A LARGE audience greeted the Ragged
Jack" combination at the Grand Opera
House last evening, and from the frequent
applause were highly pleased with the com
pany and piece.
The forge department of the Benwood
Iron Works was idle yesterday owing to an
insufficient supply Of coal. The black
diamonds can not be mined rapidly enough
to keep the millin operation.
THERE was adecided GSaSR.sSii pc the serious
IN t9e neW~spapeGGseiphia, Saturday evening.
I..IUs.a OF George Otto, the victim is George
Brandstrop, of a family well known in this
city. The boys condition was serious yes.
terday.
Mr.. HENRY FOSTER, the Secretary OF
the coal miners union, while passing
through Alley G., between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets, Friday night, was
knocked down and robbed by two men
whom he failed to recognize. The amount
lost by Mr.. Foster is about SIS.
THE Eighth ward Democrats turned out
strong at Arbenz's Hall, last night, and
suggested a large number of names for
Council and delegates to the convention, to
be voted for at Saturdays primaries. The
only names obtainable last night were
MeSSrs. VIM. Lehman and Chris. Seibeck,
for Second Branch of Council.
THE funeral ofthe late Elijah Day took
place yesterday afternoon, and was largely
attended. The services at the late resi-,
dence of the deceased were of a very i'm
preSSive character. At the termination OF
the exercises, Wheeling COmmandery X.
T., of which Mr.. Day was a member, took
charge of the remains and escorted them to
Mt. Wood, where the rites of the Order
were fully observed.